Probe of graft case halted
Probe of graft case halted
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang
It has been almost a year since the police questioned Tangerang
state electricity company (PLN) former chief Asnawi Sabrawi in a
Rp 12 billion corruption case. But the dossier has not yet been
completed.
In July last year the police named Asnawi and his corporate
secretary Katiyanto as the main suspects in the scandal.
Three other employees of the company, Nurhasan, Indra Budi and
Adin Saefudin, were also examined for their part in the graft.
The Tangerang District Court sentenced Katiyanto to six years
imprisonment late last month. The three other defendants received
three years each.
Katiyanto told the court he transferred Rp 5 million to
Asnawi's bank account every month.
"The probe into Asnawi's alleged involvement in the corruption
case is being handled by the police, not prosecutors. As of
today, we are still waiting for the police to submit Asnawi's
dossier," head of special crime cases at the prosecutor's office
Ferry Silalahi told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
Separately, deputy chief of detectives Insp. Kustanto said the
police had halted the probe into Asnawi's case due to a lack of
evidence during the initial questioning.
He said Asnawi acknowledged that Katiyanto had transferred Rp
55 billion into his bank account, but Asnawi, now employed at
PLN's Greater Jakarta distribution office in Gambir, Central
Jakarta, claimed he had never drawn the money.
Kusnanto expressed reluctance to continue investigating the
case and even suggested that Katiyono might have engineered his
testimony to finger Asnawi.
The crimes, which were committed between 1990 and 2000, were
revealed when the central PLN office carried out an operation
against rampant power theft by private companies and individual
consumers last year.
Asnawi and Katiyanto had allegedly forged electricity bills
for 18 companies in the Tangerang area. Those companies, which
were not registered as PLN consumers, were requested to pay their
bills to Katiyanto every month.